blumeanie. Posted November 13, 2005 Posted November 13, 2005 Remember those crap third party games , the ones NOM or CUBE, NGC,N64PRO, 64MAG all said were 5.5 - 6.5 or similar and were really not worth your time or hard earned money but you went out , took a brain storm, and bought them anyway and really enjoyed them for some reason . Eg, I went and bought DEAD TO RIGHTS and really enjoyed kicking that fat pinnacles head in as cool jack slate. ( I loved the story) Or , BODY HARVEST- crap graphics but a quality game to play. etc. Which 3rd party crappy game have you bought that has , for any reason , struck a chord and you liked it regardless of media criticism ?. Cmon, everyone has been suckered and surprised at least once eh?.
Helmsly Posted November 13, 2005 Posted November 13, 2005 Jurassic park for the snes got reviews like 69% and 75% from most the mags at the time and I never got a game that scored below 85%. It was kind of dismissed as just another movie tie in game and crap. I wasn’t a huge Jurassic park fan so I wasn’t buying it for the name. However since the way they described the game didn’t seem that bad at all to me I thought it would be worth getting . I went out on a limb and brought it and its ended up being one of my favourite snes titles that I have. I still go back to and play from time to time (I played it just last month). When you where walking around the island itself the game had a top down perspective like Zelda alttp but when you went inside a building it changed to a First person shooter which was very different at the time. The missions/ things to do involved powering up the computer so you could open and shut the gates around the park, clearing a ship of Dinosaurs before it leaves the island, finding ID cards so you can access new areas and wiping out a raptor nest. That game does however feature the worst ending for a game ever.
Bluejay Posted November 13, 2005 Posted November 13, 2005 I used to love a game called Fighter's Destiny on the N64. It was a beat 'em up with some nice special move combos. Flying Fish of Death from some fat indian guy was my favourite. I think it got pretty poor reviews but i used to quite enjoy. It would probably play awful if i played it now though.
Sarka Posted November 13, 2005 Posted November 13, 2005 I used to love a game called Fighter's Destiny on the N64. It was a beat 'em up with some nice special move combos. Flying Fish of Death from some fat indian guy was my favourite. I think it got pretty poor reviews but i used to quite enjoy. It would probably play awful if i played it now though. I loved that game, and played it an awful lot when I orignally had it. I went back to relive some good memories... I must of had a crap childhood if that was a highlight.
nekunando Posted November 13, 2005 Posted November 13, 2005 ..carmageddon..lol (well..my brother bought it..)
harribo Posted November 13, 2005 Posted November 13, 2005 Mission Impossible was massivley underrated..... Only joking. Geist is actually IMO a good game with fun multiplayerand some nice features you dont find in other games such as possessing a dog or rat.
Android18a Posted November 13, 2005 Posted November 13, 2005 Evolution Worlds, GC. It's technically awful, but I enjoyed it :-p
Kurtle Squad Posted November 13, 2005 Posted November 13, 2005 I liked Toy Story 2 on the PlayStation (a couple of times round)
Calibur Posted November 14, 2005 Posted November 14, 2005 ahaahaha, Body Harvest all the way. Totally had crap graphics but was an awesome game to play. Probably wouldn't have even heard of that game if it weren't for Nintendo Power mag.
Konfucius Posted November 14, 2005 Posted November 14, 2005 I really enjoyed Cruis'n World. Upgrading your car, unlocking so many different cars and the only skill you needed was ramming the other cars (I was a really bad player at that time) and double pressing the A button. Besides the cars I really liked the environment and all the cities and things. At that time I didn't read any reviews so I only found out about now what the rating was.
faz99 Posted November 14, 2005 Posted November 14, 2005 I enjoyed mission impossible on the N64. I think it got crap reviews.
DiemetriX Posted November 16, 2005 Posted November 16, 2005 Body harvest. Mission impossible and fighters desteny. Played those games to bits
Colin Posted November 16, 2005 Posted November 16, 2005 Hydro Thunder. Loved it to bits that game. It's just been re-released in the Midway Classics Three compilation aswell.
blumeanie. Posted November 16, 2005 Author Posted November 16, 2005 Another so called crappy game i bought was Konamis Hybrid Heaven on N64 . I liked the story and it had a brilliant battle system. Castlevania on N64 was good but was also overlooked , i even bought the second one which had exacly the same levels as the first , a total rip-off. Cant remember what that second one was called though .
Librarian Posted November 16, 2005 Posted November 16, 2005 ..carmageddon..lol (well..my brother bought it..) jaysus... im glad that im not the only one that was so stupid.. carmageddon 64. lucky for me i tradede it for a used copy of Resident Evil 2.. Hybrid heaven!!! RULES! I loved the fighting system.. boy I beat the crap out of those baddies
quich_delvyn Posted November 20, 2005 Posted November 20, 2005 wwe wrestlemaina 19 and raw 2 were horrible so was taz wanted (my brothers)
Adrian DX Posted November 20, 2005 Posted November 20, 2005 Has anyone tried Jeopardy for N64? I think it was the only game that was 1-3 players.. it got 7 or 8% in N64 (Now known as NGC)... I never bought it... proably loads of fun
www.n64fan.co.nr Posted November 27, 2006 Posted November 27, 2006 I really liked bomberman 64. That was slated by the magazines, but I thought was a really enjoyable game. Mission Impossible was just utter pony. I honestly cannot believe that anyone enjoyed playing that game!
solitanze Posted November 28, 2006 Posted November 28, 2006 I remember playing through Mission Impossible and beating the game 100%. I have a tendancy to sit through mediocre games and completing them 100%. Currently I am working on completing all 360 objectives on Kirby Air Ride on GCN.
solitanze Posted November 29, 2006 Posted November 29, 2006 i say any movie game ever made!!!!!!! Goldeneye included?
The Bard Posted November 29, 2006 Posted November 29, 2006 I'd probably say...Agent Under Fire for cube...Although I don't really tend to buy medicre games. It was broken, but still fun. The weapons were so unsatisfying though.
Nintendork Posted November 29, 2006 Posted November 29, 2006 Magic Carpet! that game was anything but magic. Molyneux's dirty little secret that game is.
mcj metroid Posted December 8, 2006 Posted December 8, 2006 nightfire for gamecube wasn't that bad.just really really slow
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